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CVE-2012-2551 (GCVE-0-2012-2551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-09 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI
Summary
The server in Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and reboot) via a crafted session request, aka "Kerberos NULL Dereference Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/50867 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
Date Public
2012-10-09 00:00
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